LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

temperātūra

temperātūra f (genitive temperātūrae)
Classical[tɛm.pɛ.raːˈtuː.ra]Ecclesiastical[tem.pe.raˈtuː.ra]

Meaning

  1. due or proper measure, proportion, composition or quality
  2. New Latintemperature

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativetemperātūratemperātūrae
genitivetemperātūraetemperātūrārum
dativetemperātūraetemperātūrīs
accusativetemperātūramtemperātūrās
ablativetemperātūrātemperātūrīs
vocativetemperātūratemperātūrae

tempĕrātūra, ae, f. id.,
I. due measure, proportion, composition, or quality; temper, temperament, temperature (anteclass. and post-Aug. for the class. temperatio): caeli temperatura, Varr. ap. Non. 179, 12: corporis, Sen. Ep. 11, 6: minii, Vitr. 7, 9: aeris, Plin. 34, 9, 20, § 97; cf. id. 34, 2, 5, § 10; 34, 8, 19, § 75: utilis ac salubris (in balneis), Sen. Ep. 86, 10: linire absque temperatura, with untempered mortar, Vulg. Ezech. 13, 11.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*temp-der.?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*temh₁-der.?
  3. Proto-Italic*tempos
  4. Latintemperātūra

Ancient Greek καίρῐος (kaírĭos)sl. Latin tempus Latin *tempos, *tempes- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin temperō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin temperātūra From temperō (“divide duly, mix in due proportion”) + -tūra.

Borrowed
  • Catalantemperatura
  • Englishtemperature
  • Frenchtempérature
  • GermanTemperatur
  • Italiantemperatura
  • Occitantemperatura
  • Portuguesetemperatura
  • Romaniantemperatură
  • Spanishtemperatura
  • Aragonesetemperatura
Inherited
  • Occitantempradura

In English words that came into English from temperātūra

  • temperaturetemperātūra

Quick answers

What does temperātūra mean in Latin?
temperātūra, a noun, means “due or proper measure, proportion, composition or quality; temperature”.
What is the genitive of temperātūra?
The genitive singular is temperātūrae. temperātūra is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce temperātūra?
In classical Latin, [tɛm.pɛ.raːˈtuː.ra]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [tem.pe.raˈtuː.ra].
Where does temperātūra come from?
Proto-Indo-European *temp-der.? → Proto-Indo-European *temh₁-der.? → Proto-Italic *tempos → Latin temperātūra.